Different cultures also have distinct approaches to communication during meetings, as described by British linguist Richard D. Lewis, whose best-selling book, “When Cultures Collide,” charts these as well as leadership styles and cultural identities. Lewis, who speaks ten languages, acknowledges the danger of cultural comparisons in his book: “Determining national characteristics is treading a minefield of inaccurate assessment and surprising exception. There is, however, such a thing as a national norm.”
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How to Use Maps in Data Visualization. Maps are probably the biggest subsection of visualization types.

There are many variations on map types, each with its own strengths. These variations can be combined with each other, and many can be tweaked even further to produce new types of maps. Here’s an overview of some of the common types and what they are good for.Choropleth maps are one of the most frequently used maps in infographic style visualizations. As the name suggests, color is the important part to these maps. A color scale is assigned to categorical or numerical data, and the value for each region is used to color the region. (source) Cartograms alleviate the area issues involved with choropleth maps, but they have their own problems. (source) Proportional Symbol maps are another method used to alleviate the region area issues in choropleth maps.